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Because of the grading system, every greyhound in a race has a chance of winning — so the hardest job in greyhound racing form study is deciding which dogs to eliminate. Writing in Practical Punti...

Horse racing form is more than numbers — a trainer, a jockey and an owner are all telling you something, if you know where to look. Writing in Practical Punting in December 2003, US expert Barry M...

Horse racing handicapping does not reduce to a system — as US expert Barry Meadow puts it, most experienced players understand the game is far too complex for that. Writing in Practical Punting in...

What should a genuinely good horse racing form analyst actually expect to win in a year? In April 2009, in Brian Blackwell's Practical Punting series Attainable Targets, the American handicapper J...

A basic horse racing form study mistake, says American handicapping expert James Quinn: crossing off too many horses too early, because they haven't run within 30 to 45 days or their last race loo...

A professional horse racing handicapper on why a betting plan that once paid can stop working, and why, after a frustrating two hours of placed win bets, he still won't bet them to place. In Februa...

So used to seeing Chris Waller dominate the staying races in Sydney with his imports, it was no surprise to see another import capture Saturday's $125,000 Grp 3 Schweppes Summer Cup (2400m) at Rose...

THE Melbourne Cup has been rated the best staying race in the world for the past two years, so the trends established by the great race in that time are the benchmark for distance racing. In short,...

Danny Nikolic has failed in his appeal to VCAT against his two-year disqualification. Nikolic's penalty stems from an alleged altercation with Chief Stipe Terry Bailey at Seymour racecourse on Sep ...

Imported galloper Sound Of Nature, one of six tried horses bought in England by Lee Freedman late last year, has his first Australian start at Sandown on Sunday.The Chester House six-year-old is th...

The wet early summer weather has played into the hands of trainer Peter White and Jungle ruler who is set to back up in Saturday's East Malvern Community Bank Cup at Caulfield.The grey, who landed ...

Yankee doodle dandy? Sanagas, rated the best turf stayer in the US, has been bought by BC3 Thoroughbreds and will be aimed at the 2012 Melbourne Cup. The German-bred 5YO gelding has won seven of hi...